New Year's Resolutions -- A Final Word (but not the last word)...

...about what to do when you're off track, when you fall behind with your goals... or fall off them altogether!

You see, I've been getting a bunch of emails lately from people who have told me that despite best intentions they've fallen off of their New Year's resolutions. They've stopped chasing certain goals, they've stopped taking action, they've quit the gym or, well, you name it.

They've stopped (or quit) and already, even before the end of February, they've fallen back into the rut they were in before and not sure what to do about it.

Well, here's my answer:

Two words...

START AGAIN!

Look, none of us are perfect, none of us.

Life gets in the way sometimes, you have setbacks, things go wrong and yes, sometimes you get knocked off of your goals for a while.

Case in point, I started last year unable to train for the early road races because of an injury.  By the end of the summer I was finally getting back on track with my running, only to end the season with another injury.

I had a goal to run 2 marathons in 2009 (I have not trained to run a marathon in almost 10 years).  The first one was planned for April, but because of the injury I am just now able to start training again.  Not enough time to be ready for a marathon in April.                                                                                       

You could consider these goals dead... but they're not. I've simply adjusted them by setting my sights on a less challenging goal this spring -- the Lincoln Memorial Half Marathon, and maintaining my goal of running a marathon this fall.

But I haven't quit and I haven't procrastinated, right? I gave my goals new direction and took action by beginning my training for the half marathon, a manageable first step to the marathon later in the year. 

The point I'm trying to make here is that you CAN go ahead and achieve great things even when things go wrong for you, but you have to get back up and get started again.

As success teacher Brian Tracy has often quoted -- "The is only one way to become unstoppable and that is to simply refuse to stop."  Makes sense when you think about it! : )

If you've fallen off your diet, start again.

If you've given up on your training, start again.

If you've already quit on a business, finance or adventure goal... start again!

Not many things in life are 100% dead certain, but this is:

If you DON'T start again, you DEFINITELY won't achieve the goals and live the life you keep promising yourself.

So start again... Today! 

To give you a jump start towards your health and fitness goals, I am now offering online coaching  If you'd like to know more about this new service, call me today at 726.7613.  I'll give you all the details so you can decide if you'd like to proceed.

To Your Empowerment,

Joe Thiel